Game apparatus.



No. 879,469. PATBNTED FEB. 1-8, 1908;-

- A. IWAN.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1907.

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ARTHUR IWAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

Application filed September 24; 1907. Serial No. 394.384.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR IWAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, borough of the Bronx, county and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GameApparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to amusement devices of the variety classified asgames, the object of the invention being to produce a device that can beattached to any suitable table, preferably billiard or pool tables, andby the means of a cue-ball and special dice, which form a part of thedevice, an entertaining game can be played in a manner to be hereinafterexplained.

To these and other ends which will here inafter appear, my inventioncomprises the novel features of improvement and combina tion andarrangement of parts which I will now proceed to describe and finallyclaim, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure1, illustrates a cross-sectional view of a billiard table, the legsbeing omitted, having my improved device attached thereto Fig. 2, is aplan view of my improved game apparatus, the frame being broken away,and a portion of a billiard table bein also shown; and Fig. 3, is anenlarged detail view of the dice which form part of my improvement.

Similar reference numerals are intended to indicate corresponding partsin the several views.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a billiard table, or apool table, which comprises the usual slate bed plate, 2, rails 3 andthe attached cushions 4. To play my improved game I attach to the rails3 a frame 5, said frame being provided with jaws 6 which are adapted topass over the said rails, the frame being secured in position by a clampscrew 7. From the frame 5 I suspend by means of the flexible cables 8 aring or the like 9, the said ring being sus pended to clear thebed-plate 2, whereby the said rin is free to swing in any direction. Thecab es 8 can be made of rubber, leather, wire or any other suitableflexible or yieldable material. Within the ring 9, and retained thereby,are placed a plurality of dice 10, (in this instance three). Byreferring to Fig. 3 itwill be seen that the said dice are provided withflattened portions 11 andupon the said flattened portions are stamped orotherwise formed calculating symbols 12, in this instance dice marks.Exteriorly of the ring 9, and upon the bed-plate 2, of the table, isplaced a cue ball 13 which is preferably somewhat larger than the dice10. The dice 10 can be placed in any desired position within the ring 9,to play the game, but preferably near the ring as shown, the said dice10 being preferably of light material such as wood, the cue ball 13being preferably of the ordinary ivory type.

The game is played as follows: After having-placed the dice 10 withinthe ring 9, and near the said ring, the cue ball 13 is impelled againstthe ring by a cue, or by hand, whereby the dice are caused to roll orchange their relative positions. I/Vhen the dice come to rest those dicewhich come to rest with the flattened surfaces upper-most will beconsidered and the symbols marked. upon the uppermost flattened surfaceswill be added together-or otherwise calculated. The person acquiring thegreatest number of points in a given number of shots of the cue ballwill be the winner. The cue ball can be impelled directly against thering or it can be caromed by being caused to strike a cushion first. Itis obvious that the frame 5 can be detached from the table and storedaway.

In the form of device illustrated in Fig. 4 the ring 14 is provided withnumbered openings 15, the said ring being suspended from the frame 5 bymeans of the short flexible cables 16. To play a game with this form ofmy device the cue ball 17 which is smaller than the openings 15, isfirst caused to strike a cushion and then to pass through a selectedopening 15. To cause the ball to pass through any selected opening twoor three caroms might be necessary, whereby the game is renderedsomewhat difficult and interesting. It may here be stated that as thedice 10 are preferably formed from light material, and as the dice areprovided with flattened portions, it is possible for the said dice tocome to rest upon one of the said flattened surfaces, the presence ofthe ring will of course cause them to rebound in various directions dueto the presence of the elastic cushion 18.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and what I desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. An amusement device adapted for attachment to and above a billiardtable, comprising a frame, a ring flexibly suspended from said frame, aplurality of dice adapted to be retained by said ring, and means adaptedto strike said ring and cause said dice to change their relativepositions.

' 2. An amusement device adapted for attachment to and above a billiardtable, comprising a frame, a ring flexibly suspended from said frame, aplurality of dice adapted to be retained by said ring, and a cue balladapted to be impelled against said ring and cause the dice retainedthereby to. change their relative positions.

3. In a game apparatus the combination of a table, a ring flexiblysupported by and above said table, a plurality of dice Within said ring,and a ball adapted to strike said ring and cause said dice tochangetheir relative positions.

4. In a game apparatus the combination of a yieldably supported ringhaving an interior elastic cushion, a plurality of dice Within said ringhaving flattened surfaces, each of said surfaces having formed thereupona symbol, and means adapted to strike said ring and cause the dicetherein to change their relative positions.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 23 day of September, 1907.

ARTHUR IWAN. lVitnesses:

PAUL HEITTENRAUoH, EDWARD A. JARVIS.

